View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rowe do for the men?
(a) He cooks the final meal for them all.
(b) He gives them gifts.
(c) He gives them what valuables he still possesses.
(d) He helps them to escape.

2. Why does Rowe want the Vietcong prisoners to be sentenced to this?
(a) So the Vietcong do not feel the need to execute American prisoners in retaliation.
(b) So the Vietcong will see the power of the U.S.
(c) So the Vietcong will consider letting him go.
(d) So he can see some retaliation being taken out on the Vietcong.

3. How are the next nights a nightmare of pain?
(a) He is dying from starvation.
(b) He has large welts all over his body from the whip.
(c) He is taunted by the Vietcong soldiers.
(d) He receives thousands of mosquito bites.

4. Rowe continues to know that he could be released if he does what?
(a) Blackmails the Vietcong.
(b) Says what he is being told to say.
(c) Gives the Vietcong money.
(d) Gives the location of Tan Phu.

5. What punishment does Rowe receive when he continues to refuse the Vietcong's request?
(a) He is put in shackles in the middle of the camp.
(b) He is beaten.
(c) He is refused food.
(d) He is sent to bed without his clothing or his mosquito net.

6. Why does Rowe find the debriefing disturbing?
(a) It makes him worry about his safety.
(b) It is very detailed.
(c) It forces him to relive his days in the prison.
(d) It is similar to the questioning by his former captors.

7. Rowe decides again to try an escape and plans to go in what?
(a) A plane.
(b) A truck.
(c) A car.
(d) A canal boat.

8. What is the first thing Rowe is offered to eat?
(a) A donut.
(b) Fruit cake.
(c) A muffin.
(d) Bread.

9. He effectively stalls by pretending to what?
(a) Be confused.
(b) Be ill.
(c) Give information about the location of the American military in Vietnam.
(d) To be on the verge of writing the answers wanted of him.

10. What does Rowe have an opportunity to do?
(a) Move one of his captors away from the main group.
(b) Run away.
(c) Stay in the camp.
(d) Kill one of his captors.

11. What does Rowe say that the guards refuse to accept?
(a) Medicine was all that was necessary to keep the prisoners healthy.
(b) Adequate food was all that was necessary to keep the prisoners relatively healthy.
(c) The men will not give in to the Vietcong's requests.
(d) The men are all willing to die for their country.

12. What is Rowe given all the way to their first destination?
(a) Medical care.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Rest.

13. What prompts a flood of emotion, including tears, for Rowe?
(a) The question, "Why did you leave us?"
(b) The question, "What took you so long?"
(c) The question, "Where have you been?"
(d) The question, "When are you coming home?"

14. Why is Rowe retrieved?
(a) Someone hears him speaking in English.
(b) Someone decides they want to take a Vietnamese prisoner.
(c) Someone notices he is not Vietnamese.
(d) Someone decides they want to save him.

15. What is Rowe told to expect?
(a) Animosity from the natives.
(b) Help from the natives.
(c) Nothing from the natives.
(d) Fear from the natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is Rowe punished?

2. In a village near Tan Phu, why is Rowe recognized?

3. What will be used in this selling process?

4. Why does Rowe remain on a loose quarantine?

5. What happens to Rowe's camp?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 657 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample